“If a policeman has done good for the community, please honor them,” stressed Sarmiento who graced the distribution of 16 patrol jeeps to municipal police stations last Oct. 2 at the Capiz Police Provincial Office in Brgy. Lanot here.

The Secretary underscored the role of the city or municipal mayors as leaders of the community in sustaining the peace and order situation because “fighting crime is something that the PNP alone will not be able to address”.

He also supported the thrust of PNP chief Ricardo Marquez to make policemen notably visible on the streets and communities to deter criminalities.

Patrol officers will be deployed in the streets as offices of the police stations will be unloaded with policemen in line with the Oplan Lambat Sibat implementation in the province.

Oplan Lambat Sibat is a deliberate, programmatic and sustained police approach in preventing crimes that is being cascaded to all the regions after it was observed to have effectively reduced crime in the National Capital Region by more than 60% since it was implemented in June 2014. (JCM/AAL/PIA6 Capiz)